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'''Ganguly''' ({{langx|bn|গাঙ্গুলী}}), also known as Ganguli, Ganguly, Gangulee, Gangoly or Gangopadhyay is a native [[Bengalis|Bengali]] surname that is used by [[Kulin Brahmin]] group of the [[Bengali Brahmins|Bengali Brahmin]] caste. The traditional Bengali version of this surname is ''Gangopadhyay(a)'' or ''Gônggopaddhae''.<br />
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== History ==<br />
The Gangulys belong to the [[Kulin Brahmin]] class and are also classified as [[Rarh region|Rarhi]] class of [[Bengali Brahmin]] caste.<ref name="Bromley2">{{cite book |last=Hopkins |first=Thomas J. |title=Krishna consciousness in the West |publisher=Bucknell University Press |year=1989 |isbn=978-0-8387-5144-2 |editor1-last=Bromley |editor1-first=David G. |pages=35–36 |chapter=The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West |editor2-last=Shinn |editor2-first=Larry D. |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-EuD3M2QYoC&pg=PA35 |accessdate=31 October 2011}}</ref> According to texts, King Adisura invited five Brahmins to settle in the region from [[Kannauj|Kanauj]] and designated them higher in social status.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Chatterjee |first=Kumkum |date=2009 |title=The Cultures of History in Early Modern India: Persianization and Mughal Culture in Bengal |url=https://academic.oup.com/book/1960/chapter-abstract/141771671?redirectedFrom=fulltext |access-date= |website= |publisher=Oxford Scholarship Online |pages=63–65 |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195698800.003.0003 |isbn=9780195698800}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Chatterjee |first=Kumkum |date=2005 |title=The King of Controversy: History and Nation-Making in Late Colonial India, Volume 110, Issue 5 |url=https://academic.oup.com/ahr/article/110/5/1454/75969 |journal=The American Historical Review |pages=1456–1457 |doi=10.1086/ahr.110.5.1454 |doi-access=free}}</ref> Multiple accounts of this legend exist; historians generally consider it to be nothing more than myth or folklore, lacking historical authenticity.<ref name="NKSenguptap25">{{cite book |last=Sengupta |first=Nitish K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6eYsAAAAMAAJ |title=History of the Bengali-Speaking People |publisher=UBS Publishers' Distributors |year=2001 |isbn=81-7476-355-4 |page=25}}</ref> The tradition continues by saying that these incomers settled and each became the founder of a clan.<ref name="Bromley3">{{cite book |last=Hopkins |first=Thomas J. |title=Krishna consciousness in the West |publisher=Bucknell University Press |year=1989 |isbn=978-0-8387-5144-2 |editor1-last=Bromley |editor1-first=David G. |pages=35–36 |chapter=The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West |editor2-last=Shinn |editor2-first=Larry D. |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-EuD3M2QYoC&pg=PA35 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719221253/https://books.google.com/books?id=F-EuD3M2QYoC&pg=PA35 |archive-date=19 July 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=31 October 2011}}</ref> The five Brahmin clans, which later became known as [[Mukherjee|Mukherjees]], [[Chatterjee|Chatterjees]], [[Banerjee|Banerjees]], Gangulys and [[Bhattacharjee|Bhattacharjees]], were each designated as ''Kulina'' ("superior") in order to differentiate them from the more established local Brahmins.<ref name="Bromley">{{cite book |last=Hopkins |first=Thomas J. |title=Krishna consciousness in the West |publisher=Bucknell University Press |year=1989 |isbn=978-0-8387-5144-2 |editor1-last=Bromley |editor1-first=David G. |pages=35–36 |chapter=The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West |editor2-last=Shinn |editor2-first=Larry D. |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-EuD3M2QYoC&pg=PA35 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719221253/https://books.google.com/books?id=F-EuD3M2QYoC&pg=PA35 |archive-date=19 July 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=31 October 2011}}</ref><br />
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==List of persons with the surname==<br />
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===Business===<br />
* [[Ashok Sekhar Ganguly]], former chairman of Hindustan Lever<br />
* [[Pablo Ganguli]], (born 1983), Indian cultural entrepreneur<br />
===Academic===<br />
*[[Enakshi Ganguly]], Indian children's rights activist<br />
*[[Kadambini Ganguly]], one of the two Indian women doctors who was first South Asian female physician, trained in western medicine to graduate in South Asia<br />
*[[Theotonius Amal Ganguly]] (1920–1977), Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Dhaka<br />
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===Politics===<br />
* [[Bipin Behari Ganguli]] (1887-unknown), Indian freedom fighter<br />
* [[Pratul Chandra Ganguli]], (1884–1957), Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary<br />
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===Sport===<br />
* [[Bhaskar Ganguly]], Indian footballer<br />
* [[Sourav Ganguly]] (born 1972), former Indian cricket captain and former BCCI President<br />
* [[Santosh Ganguli|S K Ganguli]], cricket umpire<br />
* [[Partho Ganguli]], International Badminton Player. Current National Selector for the sport of Badminton, India<br />
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===Chess===<br />
* [[Surya Shekhar Ganguly]] (born 1983), Indian chess grandmaster<br />
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===Film and acting===<br />
* [[Ganguly family]]<br />
* [[Ashok Kumar Ganguly]] (1911–2001), Indian actor<br />
* [[Chhaya Devi]] (1914-2001), Indian actress of Bengali and Hindi movies<br />
* [[Jahar Ganguly]] (1904 – 1969), Indian film actor and theatre personality<br />
* [[Kaushik Ganguly]] (born 1968), Indian film director, screenwriter and actor<br />
* [[Churni Ganguly]], Indian actress of Bengali movies and TV serials <br />
* [[Dhirendra Nath Ganguly]] (1893-1978), Bengali actor, director and entrepreneur<br />
* [[Dimpy Ganguly]], Indian model and actress<br />
* [[Jeet Ganguly]], Hindi and Bengali musical director, composer and singer<br />
* [[Kaushik Ganguly]], Indian director, screenwriter and actor (Bengali cinema)<br />
* [[Kishore Kumar Ganguly]] (1929-1987), Indian singer and actor<br />
* [[Mouli Ganguly]], Indian television actor<br />
* [[Pijush Ganguly]], Indian television actor (Bengali)<br />
* [[Preeti Ganguly]], Indian actress<br />
* [[Richa Gangopadhyay]] (born 1986), Indian actress<br />
* [[Roopa Ganguly]] (born 1963), Indian actress<br />
* [[Rupali Ganguly]] (born 1978), Indian actress<br />
* [[Samir Ganguly]], Indian film director<br />
* [[Subhashree Ganguly]] (born 1989), Indian actress<br />
* [[Usha Ganguly]] (born 1945) theatre director<br />
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===Music===<br />
* [[Sunil Ganguly (musician)|Sunil Ganguly]] (died 1999), Indian guitarist<br />
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===Writers and translators===<br />
* [[Kisari Mohan Ganguli]], Indian translator (''Mahabharata'' into English)<br />
* [[Narayan Gangopadhyay]] (1918–1970), Bengali writer<br />
* [[Sunil Gangopadhyay]] (1934-2012), Bengali writer<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Kumar |first=Pratyush |title=Homo Connubialis Brahmanicus: Marriage Relations Among Brahmins as Described in the Work "Brahmarshi Vansha Vistar" |publisher=Ergon |year=2025 |isbn=978-3-98740-189-3 |location=[[Baden-Baden]] |language=English}}<br />
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